Personal Versus Group Experiences of Racism and Risk of Delivering a Small-for-Gestational Age Infant in African American Women: a Life Course Perspective

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 181-192

  Slaughter Acey, Jaime C ^a   Talley, Lloyd M ^b   Stevenson, Howard C ^b   Misra, Dawn P ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse birth outcomes; African Americans; Birth weight; Emerging adults; Gestational age; Life course; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARYLAND; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BALTIMORE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85050354994     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-018-0291-1     Document Type: Article

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